This article surveys the frontiers of toilet-reading science. Few downsides, some upsides.
No writer owned the arena of toilet reading more than Henry Miller. He read truly great books on the lavatory, and maintained that some, Ulysses for instance, could not be fully appreciated elsewhere. The environment was one that enriched substantial works – extracted their flavour, as he put it – while lesser books and magazines suffered. He singled out Atlantic Monthly.
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October 27, 2011 at 2:19 pm
Chris
I notice the link is to the mobile version of the Guardian story. So, where was this blogged from?
October 27, 2011 at 3:20 pm
Spiff
Oh, no, you don’t say…
December 2, 2012 at 2:52 am
Breendaa
The nightly you are leikly running is 4.0b8pre since the tree on Beta 7 build was closed earlier this week. Beta 7 should be out sometime in November. possibly as early as this coming week. RC1 is leikly what won’t be until December.
October 27, 2011 at 3:26 pm
Anonymous
Jeff, I promise I will read your next paper there…
October 27, 2011 at 4:12 pm
jeff
i can only hope that you will find further use for it once you are done reading.
October 27, 2011 at 10:10 pm
Nageeb Ali
The following article indicates that the correct answer to your title is “No.” But some of us just like to live dangerously.
http://www.methodshop.com/gadgets/ipodsupport/toilet/index.shtml